I started going to Everlast at bottom of Harborough hill last September. I felt quite conscious at first and started with the easier stuff, bike, treadmill and cross trainer to get my fitness levels up. Kept an eye on others on the weight machines and once I understood how they worked tried a few. Moved onto others since then and all feels normal now. Don’t do the free weights not my thing but just go and start slowly you’ll get there.
If you can do 15000 steps in a day then you'll be fine for getting into shape. Just taken the car on an over optimistically designed-from-the-man-cave 17 day tour of Northern Spain cities and maxxed out twice at over 17000 steps in one day. Trudgeathon. But wonderful. I am not the fittest. Home today now, still more Pauncho Villa than ready to play for Aston Villa, but the dog (to be reunited is bromance) is wondering why I'm dragging him behind me all of a sudden. Has a wide range of expressions, for a dog.
I did 18 miles around Calderdale last Saturday. I was OK apart for the last half mile walking down Wadsworth Bank back to the car. My knees were killing me, I looked like someone from the Ministry of Funny Walks, I even had to walk backwards some of the time as that didn't hurt.
It’s the dumbbells etc rather than the machines which are effectively weights at the end of pulleys. That’s the easiest way I can describe it.
I bought myself some weights. Barbell and dumbbell but motivation wasn't there. I even had a little routine for both but I wasn't doing the cardio enough. Bulking up while chunky isn't the best.
It’s not easy to stay motivated and the older you get the harder it gets. I’ve done ok but currently on my first wobble due to arthritis in my knees. Had one replaced 3 years ago other started playing up so having to stay off treadmill and have more rest days for it to recover. The joys of aging but still happier that I’m feeling fitter in general and if the knee gets much worse I know a nice surgeon
One thing I have noticed though as an aside. Eating and drinking isn't good. There's so many empty calories in booze. If you fancy a drink, have one but go to bed. If you have that Kebab, Pizza, Curry or even a harmless slice of toast. It isn't. Your body stops burning food calories to burn off the empty booze calories. No matter how tempting go to bed, get up and have some breakfast. It starts you up again and you don't get hungover. My hangover to begin with was a sluggish kebab, pizza or curry still sloshing about in my stomach. It hadn't even reached my colon.
For all this strenuous exercise. Why not buy a second hand vibration machine and a second hand exercise bike like I have. Even looking at em int garage makes me sweat.
That’s horrible. I hope she is able to go back or somewhere else and put those nasty too hats behind her.
Genuinely. I'm on a low carb diet. If anyone likes a drink. ( I'm more of a social drinker int pubs. Once or twice a week at most. Very rarely in the house) look no further than Skinny lager. 3 carbs compared to 10-20 in other branded 330ml bottles. Nice enough. 4%. Alc. Partial to Gin and Slimline tonic. Bugger all carbs.
Spirits with diet/sugar free mixers is the way to go. Far less calories (approx 60 to 80 depending on your choice of drink) than beer, wine or cider.
